Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
STATE HEws CONDENSED.

John A. Corbin has been appointed
clerk in the railway service of the Detroit,
Bay City a Alpena railway. John owes
his appointment 10 Congressman Fisher.
Shiawassee county pioneers celebrated
WaShington's birthday by meeting and
pronouncing eulogies upon those Of their
members who have died during the year,
and listening TO addresses abounding in
"reminiscences of early DAYS in the country.
\ company has been organized in Reed
City for the manufacture of cultu stock,
rod and dowell pins.
a piece Of timber was fshed out OF the
bottom Of the Saginaw river the other
day worth So. 1t had been sunk nearly
20 years at Stone Island, near Bay City.
Eugene +. Smith Of South Haven, came
20 his death by strangulated hernia
brought on by over lifting.
William Perrin, member OF tho fresh
man medical class of the university, died
on the cath ult. The remains were sent TO
hi, n ONE in Kincardine. ont
The Saginaw Courier says the total lum-
her and shinge product of Michigan for
1856 was 3,9s4. ll5l55 feet; of shingles 1880.
l2429). The lumber product exceeds that
of 1855 10y 40j91S, 001 feet, and the single
product exceeds that of lss5 by 4l444S, 900.
At the close OF the manufacturing season
there was on hand 1851, l0l O0) feet Of lum-
Der and 2S5. 81, 90 shingles
Dr. c. +. DeMuth Of Plymouth died at
San Diego, Cal, Feb. q, Of consumption.
Spectacle Reef lighthouse, at the head OF
7 plr Huron N IN tho - 4 in,
need Of repairs 20 the amount of $4,000.
A large number Of Scandinavians at
Lakeside have decided to start "A co-opera-
tive store about the lst Of April. They
propose a stock company of $1,000 capital,
divided into 80 shares.
trenry W Colleen, "A prom inent young
business man Of Vassar is dead.
The grand lodge royal templars OF tenn
perauce at the annual meeting in Lansing
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year: Conductor, Geo. NJ. Dewey
of Owosso; past councillor, Mrs. p. b
Whitfield OF Grand Rapids; vice councillor
/. r. Russell OF Bay City; chaplain, Mrs.
A r. Flagg of Battle Creek, secretary,
Gilbert NJ Hasty of Lansing; treasurer, a,
=. Partridge Of Flushing :. herald, Mrs. A.
NJ Cooper of Battle Creek; deputy herald,
O, W. Brundage Of Kalamazoo; guard,
Thos. f. Sharp Of Whitehall; sentinel,
Henry W Parker Of Owosso; directors II.
" Randolph OF Vernon; II. l.. Bowen OF
Greenville, y. b. Blain of Lowell. The
next annual meeting will be held in Lar.
sing, Feb. %, 1883.
Fife Lake suffered loss OF $4,000 the
other night by fire. Among other losers
is T. b. Dennis OF the Fife Lake Comet,
whose office is an entire loss with no insur-
ance The cause Of the fire is not known.
Nothing but a still night saved the town.
there being no protection Of any kind.
Orrin Hill. one of the oldest residents of
Pentwater. was taken with severe pain
IN the back OF the head while at work. The
pain never left him, and he died the next
day. The case puzzles the doctors.
The Bangor furnace is just now shipping
i carloads of pig iron daily.
Chas Beggs, for over 20 years the light
house keeper at Escanaba, is dead
Fred Deforest OF Linwood Bay county.
accidentally shot himself while out hunt
ing the other day. His right arm had 10
be amputated.
J. c. Adams, pioneer lumberman OF
East Tawas, dropped dead at his residence
the other night of paralysis.
Miss Carrie Halter OF Owosso, who has
been ailing mentally for some time, pre-
sented herself at the Pontiac asylum the
other day, and asked TO be taken in as she
was insane. Her diagnosis Of her case was
found to be correct.
The Lakeside horse thief association OF
Berrien county is society TO protect
members against horse thieves, and at the
annual meeting held few days ago the
reports showed the organization TO be in
a Aourishing condition.
The Detroit Charlevoix and Escanaba
railroad elected II. NJ. Cherrie of Ironton,
president; Arthur a. Bleasby OF ak aska,
vice president; J. Milo Eaton, Charlevoix,
secretary; F. j. Meach, treasurer and r.
ID. Cruikshank. attorney.
The remains of the late Prof Olney of
Ann Arbor, are 10 pe inferred in Kalama-
ZOO.
The movement for the establishment Of
an Olney professorship endowment in
Kalamazoo college is meeting with every
indication OF success.
The fourth annual conventional the
women's relief corps, department OF
Michigan, will be held in Grand Rapids,
March II and Is.
1t is claimed the Port Huron & North
western railroad will be made a standard
guage line this summer whether il is
bought 10y the +. & +. NJ. or not.
g. F. Sterns has presented nine-twe
tieths Of the stock of.the Big Rapids water
power improvement company TO the city
with which to encourage infant industries
20 settle there.
Robert Rosseau, the brakeman who had
his foot and ankle crushed by the cars on
the Detroit q Bay City railroad at Roch-
ester some time ago, died at the Lambert
son hotel in that village Feb. -.
The Bardeen paper mill is to be located
at Otsego.
Bots a. Avis OF Hudson have just COM
pleted one OF the handsomest roller process
Touring mills in the state.
About 20 years ago Mrs. G. X. Fuller OF